～は～（が・けど）～は......

About

The ～は～が・けど～は..... pattern is used to create a contrasting statement about two things. To use this pattern, simply place the two things that you'd like to contrast between before each は, creating two separate topics, like so:

E.g. アニメは好すきだけど、あの番組ばんぐみは好すきじゃない。
"I like anime, but I don't like that show."

The first は establishes our primary topic, and the second は establishes our second, contrasting topic. We can then make any remark we wish to about them. We use a contraction such as が or けど in the middle to tie them together.

It is also possible to use が instead of either は in this pattern, but it will change the emphasis of the statement (が emphasizes what comes before it).

Summary

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  We can use the 〜は（が・けど) 〜は to establish two topics and create a contrasting statement about them

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  It is possible to use が instead of は but this will change the emphasis of the statement